Video: Medal of Honor recipient’s son steals the show

posted at 6:41 pm on February 13, 2013 by Mary Katharine Ham

After a day of dissecting a series of dreary moments from a spectacle that matters very little, have your palate cleansed by this delightful moment from a ceremony that means so much. This video is from Tuesday, but I felt like we needed a pick-me-up around here.

Before the Medal of Honor ceremony for Army Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha, it was little Colin Romesha who took center stage. The formally dressed toddler took his chance to play a little hide-and-seek behind the presidential podium and even climb into the chair meant for his dad. Whenever my manners were in question as a kid, my father would ask me, “Would you act that way at the White House?” Turns out running a little wild just means you’ll go viral.

“Colin is not as shy as Clint,” President Obama noted in his remarks. “He was in the Oval Office, and he was racing around pretty good and sampled a number of the apples before he found the one that was just right.”

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Since it is the name of a British military officer (artillery) and inventor of the “Schrapnel” round, Obama could not care less. The British jailed Obama’s grandfather or something. That is all that matters.

The combination of heroism and humility these guys possess is amazing, and I’m so glad all those who deserve our utmost gratitude and respect are now being recognized while they’re still alive to receive them.

The Congressional Medal of Honor is a very special commendation. It has never been handed out in large numbers or with anything remotely approaching casual ease. Moreover, in it’s long history, more than half of all Medal of Honors have been awarded posthumously.

The Medal of Honor is not an award that anyone seeks out, no one ever goes looking for it. To my admittedly limited knowledge, not one single recipient has ever believed that it was his due or that he had earned it either.

It does not just go to a special breed of men and women for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. The act of receiving the Medal of Honor impacts those upon whose neck it come to rest as much, and for the rest of their lives as the selfless acts of courage that place it there in the first place.

Thanks so much for the link. A procession worthy of a hero. I am touched by the ones who pulled over, too. Too bad the current occupant of the White House hasn’t shown that kind of respect nor, for that matter, any degree of respect for Chris, not a single mention since his death.

glad I was able to pint it out, and I am actually glad obama has not sullied kyles name but mentioning him.
while I am sure it was for purely political purposes, I am glad he kept his damned mouth shut for one.
sorry for O/T stuff.